Chris Gollon's painted Stations are troubling and ugly in a way that fits completely with the scenes of the Crucifixion - too many traditional Stations have been come sanitised.
These are sat against Sara Maitland's stories in which one of the witnesses to the Crucifixion reflects on what they saw and what they did, these are amazingly powerful and at times I found myself holding back tears.
They work from biblical starting points and create fully rounded lives, at times they include responses that "the Church" might not like, but real people respond in ways that the Church doesn't like and so this adds to the authenticity.
This is a collection that I will keep close at hand and turn to over the years to come for personal reflection and for use in Church, in fact extracts have already found their way into liturgies for Northern Leg this Holy Week.
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